Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
John Matthews wrote: > Thats something that I am thinking about all the time, but have no idea > how to implement. What is 'user management and kernel-mode > support' supposed to do. If I am reading the first bit, is the user > management something to do with log in details? What the other bit is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Hugh Wren
On 03/02/10 22:04, John Matthews wrote: > Thats something that I am thinking about all the time, but have no idea > how to implement. What is 'user management and kernel-mode > support' supposed to do. If I am reading the first bit, is the user > management something to do with log in details? What

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread John Matthews
Thats something that I am thinking about all the time, but have no idea how to implement. What is 'user management and kernel-mode support' supposed to do. If I am reading the first bit, is the user management something to do with log in details? What the other bit is I have no idea? How can yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Kenny Coyle
As odd as it may be, i've already had troubles with attempted malicious activity on machines that I administer with Ubuntu. Luckily, the user management and kernel-mode support of linux itself helps a _lot_ But at the same time, I think that now is the time to be creating such counter measures...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread John Matthews
Has anybody thought about safety measures, when Ubuntu does take off. I would have thought that when those who like to make these viruses, when they notice Ubuntu is getting more and more used, they might target Ubuntu. It wouldnt be difficult, but my guess would be it would be far more difficu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread alan c
Paul Sutton wrote: > John Matthews wrote: >> I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the >> impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus >> the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my >> little netbook, with Linux Lite on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting John Matthews : > That is all well and good having all those things which you have all > pointed out, but, which are when you think of it, in need an Internet > connection. Connecting to the Internet,is the most important thing and > very few, if any ISP's give support for connection probl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread John Matthews
That is all well and good having all those things which you have all pointed out, but, which are when you think of it, in need an Internet connection. Connecting to the Internet,is the most important thing and very few, if any ISP's give support for connection problems with Linux. If the Netboo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Liam Wilson : > >> That's also one of the aims of the ubuntu viral videos project - to give >> help to the new users. >> >> Regards >> >> Liam >> > > I wouldn't have thought a viral video could go into enough detail to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Liam Wilson : > That's also one of the aims of the ubuntu viral videos project - to give > help to the new users. > > Regards > > Liam > I wouldn't have thought a viral video could go into enough detail to show a user how to do something, I'd have thought that if it was video based th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Matthews wrote: > I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the > impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus > the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my > little netbo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Liam Wilson
That's also one of the aims of the ubuntu viral videos project - to give help to the new users. Regards Liam On 3 February 2010 10:55, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 10:24 +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > John Matthews w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 10:24 +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > John Matthews wrote: > > I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the > > impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus > > the course

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Alan Pope
On 3 February 2010 10:24, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Should we create a helper program, with a launcher on the desktop, (or > favourites list in UNR) which offers to guide users through the basics > of getting their system online, and then getting help from the ubuntu > community? > There is alre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting John Matthews : > I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the > impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus > the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my > little netbook, with Linux Lite on it, that was sold by on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Dan Attwood
> > > > Should we create a helper program, with a launcher on the desktop, (or > favourites list in UNR) which offers to guide users through the basics > of getting their system online, and then getting help from the ubuntu > community? > > > We had a similar things to this on our mailing list rece

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Matthews wrote: > I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the > impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus > the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my > little netbo

[ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?....Just another thought....

2010-02-03 Thread John Matthews
I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus the courses that are being set up, but I seem to remember getting my little netbook, with Linux Lite on it, that was sold by one of the large electronics co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Joe O'Dell
disregard what I just sent - I checked deep down in my spam box and found the email! Regards, Joe --- Joe O'Dell bedsLUG Co-Ordinator bedslug.co.cc DFEY Member (SouthEast) dfey.org Ubuntu-UK Group Member (ascenseur) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/J

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Joe O'Dell
On 2 Feb 2010, at 22:23, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > > ... In fact, a mail has already gone out to those who said they were > interesting, saying sign up to the marketing list... > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Steve
On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:53:30 -, Liam Wilson wrote: Me! -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Liam Wilson
Thank you Johnathon. I'm working on the wiki as we speak, should be done soon! Liam On 2 February 2010 22:23, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > - "Ron Rhodes" wrote: > > > Alan Pope wrote: > > > On 2 February 2010 16:12, Harry Rickards wrote: > > > > > >> I'd be interested in helping wherever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
- "Ron Rhodes" wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > On 2 February 2010 16:12, Harry Rickards wrote: > > > >> I'd be interested in helping wherever I can. Perhaps we should have > a > >> seperate mailing list to discuss this on? > >> > >> > > > > Why not use the resources we have. There is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Ron Rhodes
Alan Pope wrote: > On 2 February 2010 16:12, Harry Rickards wrote: > >> I'd be interested in helping wherever I can. Perhaps we should have a >> seperate mailing list to discuss this on? >> >> > > Why not use the resources we have. There is a marketing list and a > marketing irc channel. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Joe O'Dell
I would help wherever I can too, This sounds like a great way to get Lucid spread across the world! Joe --- Joe O'Dell bedsLUG Co-Ordinator bedslug.co.cc DFEY Member (SouthEast) dfey.org Ubuntu-UK Group Member (ascenseur) https://wiki.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread James Milligan
On 02/02/2010 16:23, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote: > > [snip] >> Before this project actually gets to a head, I'd just like to know who >> would definitely be interested in contributing. And it wouldn't just >> be making videos, remember, we need people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Alan Pope
On 2 February 2010 16:12, Harry Rickards wrote: > I'd be interested in helping wherever I can. Perhaps we should have a > seperate mailing list to discuss this on? > Why not use the resources we have. There is a marketing list and a marketing irc channel. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote: [snip] > Before this project actually gets to a head, I'd just like to know who > would definitely be interested in contributing. And it wouldn't just > be making videos, remember, we need people to manage any web hosting > channels we have, p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Harry Rickards
On 2 Feb 2010, at 13:53, Liam Wilson wrote: > Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' (I.e; short videos > that I'd be interested in helping wherever I can. Perhaps we should have a seperate mailing list to discuss this on? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vinothan Shankar wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote: >> Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' > >> If you're interested, reply to this message. > > I'd be happy to help with any video projectv > If you do go a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Vinothan Shankar
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote: > Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' > If you're interested, reply to this message. I'd be happy to help with any video projectv Vin signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Neil Perry
I would like to help whereever I can. Neil Perry On 2 Feb 2010 13:54, "Liam Wilson" wrote: Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' (I.e; short videos that can be posted on the bew. similar to the Wi project seems to be a better option to market Ubuntu than creating a TV ad for a numbe

[ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread Liam Wilson
Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' (I.e; short videos that can be posted on the bew. similar to the Wi project seems to be a better option to market Ubuntu than creating a TV ad for a number of reasons; 1. It's cheaper - no cost of getting it on the air 2. Easier to spread - j